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In July 2005, the US Congress created the Federal SRTS Program by passing the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act--A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) transportation bill. Under SAFETEA-LU, the Federal SRTS Program was managed and administered by each state Department of Transportation (DOT), with funding allotted annually to each state from FHWA in conjunction with Federal-aid highway apportionments.

Then in July 2012, Congress passed a new transportation bill: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). Starting in October 2012, Safe Routes to School (SRTS) activities were eligible to compete for funding alongside other programs, including the Transportation Enhancements program and Recreational Trails program, as part of a new program called Transportation Alternatives (TAP). The SRTS funding under the SAFETEA-LU legislation can continue to be awarded as long as funds remain.

Many SRTS projects originally eligible under SAFETEA-LU are also eligible under TAP. Such projects include: Safe Routes to School coordinators; Infrastructure projects in the vicinity of schools that improve students' ability to walk and bicycle to school such as sidewalks and traffic calming countermeasures; and non-infrastructure projects that encourage walking and bicycling to school, enforce traffic in the vicinity of schools, and educate students and drivers on bicycle and pedestrian safety.

*Revised, Actual FY 2006: Due to a 1% across-the-board rescission of Fiscal Year 2006 funds, State-by-State figures for that year have been revised. The 1% rescission is required pursuant to Public Law 109-148, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2006, Division B, chapter 8, section 3801. (March 2006)

This site is funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration and maintained by the National Center for
Safe Routes to School within the University of North Carolina Highway
Safety Research Center in partnership with the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials, America Walks, the Governors
Highway Safety Association, the Institute of Transportation Engineers,
and Toole Design Group.